Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elyh Samuel Harrison [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 19 February 2006||
Place of birth | Redbridge, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Shrewsbury Town (on loan from Manchester United) | ||
Youth career | |||
West Ham United | |||
–2022 | Stevenage | ||
2022– | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
2024–2025 | → Chester (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2025– | → Shrewsbury Town | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023–2024 | England U18 | 2 | (0) |
2023 | England U19 | 1 | (0) |
2025– | England U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:11, 24 March 2025 (UTC) |
Elyh Samuel Harrison (born 19 February 2006) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Shrewsbury Town on loan from Manchester United.
As a youth player, Harrison joined the youth academy of Premier League side West Ham. Subsequently, he joined the youth academy of Stevenage. In 2022, he joined the youth academy of Premier League side Manchester United and helped the under-18 team win the 2024 Premier League Cup. [4] Two years later, he was sent on loan to Chester, where he made eighteen league appearances. [5]
On 22 July 2025, Harrison joined League Two club Shrewsbury Town on a season-long loan deal. [6]
Harrison played for the England national under-18 football team and the England national under-19 football team. English newspaper Manchester Evening News wrote in 2024 that he was "one of the most promising homegrown goalkeepers of his generation". [7] Through his parents, he is eligible to play for the South Africa national soccer team. [8]
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